Across the Table, Across the Land Selections and Updates!

An update about Across the Table, Across the Land from Namita Wiggers and Michael Strand:

We spent the week in Portland, camped out in front of a massive amount of uploaded data and images submitted to the Across the Table, Across the Land WebApp (over 500 total responses). Organizing this much information was a challenge we were thrilled to be confronted with – a great problem to have! Thank you so much to the clay community for responding to this project and sharing your stories about how food, clay and community come together – Across the Table and far beyond.

After four days of sifting, sorting and laughing – we have finalized the exhibition.

Before we share this list we have a quick quiz…

What does a Nacho Mountain, a Backpack Anagram Kiln and Objects for Digestion all have in common?

They are all part of the the NCECA Across the Table, Across the Land exhibition during the NCECA 50th anniversary conference in Kansas City!

To celebrate its 50th Anniversary, NCECA invited Michael Strand and Namita Wiggers to curate, Across the Table, Across the Land, a project to examine how clay connects communities through food today. Considering the table as a literal and metaphorical space, this project includes objects, photographs, videos, and associated events during the conference, all drawn from an online archive populated with stories and images of work by NCECA members and K-12 Challenge participants in the US and abroad. Visit ncecaacrossthetable.com and follow acrossthetable2015 on Instagram to view all submissions and to connect with associated exhibition programs taking place during NCECA.